Analysis: Mozambique LNG projects challenged by financing and social issues

Mozambique, on the verge of being transformed with the development of major LNG export projects, needs to improve government finances and the country’s social environment for the projects to generate the expected profit. With estimated gas reserves of over 5,000 Bcm, Mozambique has attracted three LNG projects with total capacity of more than 30 million mt/year and $50 billion capex development, with commissioning expected between 2022 and 2025. The value generated for Mozambique and the return for project participants could be huge, Anish Kapadia, founder and managing director of AKap Energy, told S&P Global Platts. “The yearly value of the projects could reach $12 billion by 2025, close to Mozambique’s current GDP, or more than $300 billion over the life of the project,” Kapadia said, assuming an LNG price of $7.778/MMBtu. There is the potential […]